Android OS Holds 50% Market Share of Globe

Android becomes the smart phone leader in Globe and holds more than 48% market share of globe. Apple comes in second place with 19% share, Samsung comes in third at 16% market share. Android is leader in 35 countries and in few months this share is going to increase by 40% more.

In March month post i wrote about the Android Market leader in US and it take few more months to Android to become the market leader of globe. In 2010 Android experience 469% growth of users and share the 24% smart phone market of US. It seems Google has magical viral formula for Andriod :)



Android users to increase by 42% this year
A research from emarkter showed that Android will get 42% growth in new user and share the 28% market of smart phones. Both Android and iOS hold the more than two third market share of smart phones all accross the globe.

Android is open source OS and does not need any licences fee and allows handset manufacturers to use it according to their specification.

Comscore: Android Smart Phones Leader in U.S.

Good news for Google and Android lover, Android become the market leader in U.S. Android edged out the RIM and move into first postion. Although the differnce is not that much but if android keep grwoing in same way it will cover the major smart phones market in U.S.

According to comscore Android has market share of 31.2% where as RIM has 30.4% market share. Apple is in third position with market share of 24.6%.

In U.S. more than 68.5 million people own the smart phones. In cell phones device manufacturer Samsung is in top rank with 24.9 percentage, followed by LG with 20.8%, Motorola (16.5%), RIM (8.6 %) and Apple (7%) market share. You can read the entire post at Comscore Mobile Market Share report.